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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Felicia Dixon, Chicago, IL (US);
Bradford Pistorio, Chicago, IL (US);
Angela Ellington, Flossmoor, IL (US);
Ming Yee, Chicago, IL (US);
Felicia Dixon, Chicago, IL (US);
Bradford Pistorio, Chicago, IL (US);
Angela Ellington, Flossmoor, IL (US);
Ming Yee, Chicago, IL (US);
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A process for straightening or relaxing hair comprising the following steps: (a) providing a hair straightening or relaxing composition having a pH ranging from 8 to 11.5, and containing, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one weak acid chosen from monocarboxylic, dicarboxylic and tricarboxylic acids, their salts, and mixtures thereof; (b) contacting the hair with the hair straightening or relaxing composition to form treated hair; and (c) straightening or relaxing the treated hair by applying heat, wherein hydroxide-containing compounds are not used. Disclosed herein is also a preferred hair straightening or relaxing composition.